All Of These Lines Across My Face,

I Didn't Get Bullied Any More Than Anybody Else. I Think I Got Bullied More For Being Poor Than Being Gay. But No More Than Any Other Kid. And I'm Sure That I Did My Fair Share Of Picking On Other Kids, Too. We're All Humans.

I Stand Firm Behind The Belief That, For Me, Songwriting Isn't Something That I Do Or Command, It Happens To Me. I Can Either Choose To Stop And Acknowledge It, Or Put It Off And Hope That It Won't Fade Away. 'that Wasn't Me' Is No Exception - It Came Together More Quickly Than Any Other Song I Have Ever Constructed On My Own.

If I Learned To Play Guitar It Was So That I Would Have Something To Sing To, If I Learned To Write A Song It Was So That I Would Have Something To Sing. So The Gut Feeling You're Talking About Comes From Singing And Communicating The Lyrics And What It Is That We Feel.

I Tend To Support And Get Behind Issues Instead Of Candidates, Because Of The Whole 'super Bowl' Generalization Of Our World - You're On This Side, I'm On That Side; You're A Republican, I'm A Democrat; You're Country Music, I'm Rock Music.

You Know, Your First Album Is About Really Amazing Things. Your First Album Is Always About Coming Of Age, First Love, First Loss, Usually You Suffer A First Loss Of Someone That You Love To Death, Even, You Know, Really Big Life Lessons, Things You Learn From Your Parents' Divorce Or From The Travels That You Took.